The Lee Strasberg Film Festival

Schedule:

2pm shorts 4

Frogs (turkey) by vehbi bozdağ

One morning, a girl, who lives with her mother in a small-town, notices that the rubble is being removed from the field outside her window. This realization prompts her to reassess her life and the environment she lives in, as she spends most of her time in her room.

4pm shorts 5

Caller number nine (united states) by mike salva
Animated comedy about the next us president being selected in a non-traditional manner: a radio call-in contest.

In the shadowlands (united states) by nick vallelonga
Detective danny shade gets caught up chasing a serial killer with his gangster uncle.

6pm turning passion into profit: a filmmaker's guide to commercial work

Learn how to make a living as a filmmaker while subsidizing your passion through commercial projects. Three working commercial directors share insider tips and war stories about directing talent in the high-stakes world of advertising. Between the three of them, they've shot hundreds of commercials and made hundreds of actors hundreds (of thousands) of dollars.

8pm closing night - award ceremony + shorts 6

The heart of texas (united states) by gregory jm kasunich

Janie may, an aspiring country singer stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck grind, gets big news that she’s a radio contest finalist while finishing her overnight shift at a local diner in waco, tx. She must race to the station to sing for hometown country music hero harlan thompson in hopes of winning the opening act spot on his upcoming tour. In a chaotic dash to the studio, she collides her car into jesús, an undocumented worker who refuses medical care or police assistance out of fear of being discovered and deported. The two engage in a struggle, each in pursuit of their own american dreams. In the end, they do the only thing they know how to do: fend for themselves.

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